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Mutational landscape determines sensitivity to PD-1 blockade in non–small cell lung cancer

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Rizvi, Naiyer A., Hellmann, Matthew D., Snyder, Alexandra, Kvistborg, Pia, Makarov, Vladimir, Havel, Jonathan J., Lee, William, Yuan, Jianda +16 more·2015·Science

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Immune checkpoint inhibitors, which unleash a patient’s own T cells to kill tumors, are revolutionizing cancer treatment. To unravel the genomic determinants of response to this therapy, we used whole-exome sequencing of non–small cell lung cancers treated with pembrolizumab, an antibody targeting programmed cell death-1 (PD-1). In two independent cohorts, higher nonsynonymous mutation burden in tumors was associated with improved objective response, durable clinical benefit, and progression-free survival. Efficacy also correlated with the molecular smoking signature, higher neoantigen burden, and DNA repair pathway mutations; each factor was also associated with mutation burden. In one responder, neoantigen-specific CD8+ T cell responses paralleled tumor regression, suggesting that anti–PD-1 therapy enhances neoantigen-specific T cell reactivity. Our results suggest that the genomic landscape of lung cancers shapes response to anti–PD-1 therapy.

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Rizvi, N. A., Hellmann, M. D., Snyder, A., Kvistborg, P., Makarov, V., Havel, J. J., Lee, W., Yuan, J., Wong, P., Ho, T. S., Miller, M. L., Rekhtman, N., Moreira, A. L., Ibrahim, F., Bruggeman, C., Gasmi, B., Zappasodi, R., Maeda, Y., Sander, C., Garon, E. B., Merghoub, T., Wolchok, J. D., Schumacher, T. N., & Chan, T. A.
Affiliations
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (US)
  • The Netherlands Cancer Institute (NL)
  • Columbia University (US)
  • University of California, Los Angeles (US)
Corresponding author
  • Rizvi, Naiyer A.
  • Hellmann, Matthew D.
  • Snyder, Alexandra
  • Chan, Timothy A.
Venue
Science
Published
2015-04-03
Volume
348
Issue
6230
Pages
124-128
ISSN
  • 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
  • 1095-9203
OpenAlex
W2049553585
Cited by
7,802
References
68
Citations by year
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FWCI
360.34
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Science (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • Lung Cancer Research Foundation
  • The STARR Foundation
  • Geoffrey Beene Cancer Research Center
  • Society for Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  • Frederick Adler Chair Fund
  • The One Ball Matt Memorial Golf Tournament
  • Queen Wilhelmina Cancer Research Award
  • Ludwig Trust
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine › Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
Keywords
non-small cell lung cancer, anti-PD-1 therapy, pembrolizumab, immune checkpoint inhibitors, mutational burden, non-synonymous mutations, neoantigens, CD8+ T cell responses, treatment response prediction, tumor genomic landscape
MeSH terms
Antineoplastic Agents, Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung, DNA Repair, Humans, Lung Neoplasms, Mutation, Smoking, Cohort Studies, CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes, Disease-Free Survival, Drug Resistance, Neoplasm, Programmed Cell Death 1 Receptor, Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized

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